Analysis of the essential and excision repair functions of the RAD3 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by mutagenesis - PubMed (original) (raw)

Analysis of the essential and excision repair functions of the RAD3 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by mutagenesis

L Naumovski et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1986 Apr.

Abstract

The RAD3 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is involved in excision repair of DNA and is essential for cell viability, was mutagenized by site-specific and random mutagenesis. Site-specific mutagenesis was targeted to two regions near the 5' and 3' ends of the coding region, selected on the basis of amino acid sequence homology with known nucleotide binding and with known specific DNA-binding proteins, respectively. Two mutations in the putative nucleotide-binding region and one in the putative DNA-binding region inactivate the excision repair function of the gene, but not the essential function. A gene encoding two tandem mutations in the putative DNA-binding region is defective in both excision repair and essential functions of RAD3. Seven plasmids were isolated following random mutagenesis with hydroxylamine. Mutations in six of these plasmids were identified by gap repair of mutant plasmids from the chromosome of strains with previously mapped rad3 mutations, followed by DNA sequencing. Three of these contain missense mutations which inactivate only the excision repair function. The other three carry nonsense mutations which inactivate both the excision repair and essential functions. Collectively our results indicate that the RAD3 excision repair function is more sensitive to inactivation than is the essential function. Overexpression of wild-type Rad3 protein and a number of rad3 mutant proteins did not affect the UV resistance of wild-type yeast cells. However, overexpression of Rad3-2 protein rendered wild-type cells partially UV sensitive, indicating that excess Rad3-2 protein is dominant to the wild-type form. These and other results suggest that Rad3-2 protein retains its affinity for damaged DNA or other substrates, but is not catalytically active in excision repair.

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